All the beautiful scenery, engrossing quests, and amazingly customizable characters in the world won't save a game in which the basic camera and movement control is hosed. That's when open source comes into play: If the source of the engine is free, but the game data is not, they can still sell the game. It will have a better chance of becoming popular too, and if this is the case, it will became a better product (people will easily fix stupid things like this camera problem, and possibly improve it), and they will save on code maintenance.
The same goes for hardware, like cellphones, digicams, etc.
will that finally be enough to make our computers as smart as we are?
Raw power is not what will make computer as smart as we are. First, what makes computer "intelligence" is the software, not raw power. And we will need a substantially new software paradigm to get near our intelligence. I can't imagine how software can get consciousness and awareness. There are parts of the human thought that can't be simulated with a series of conditional numeric operations.
If you play Q3A in capture the flag mode, you must try actf38 "Feel the Base", from the Alliance level pack. It's so perfect it makes me want to cry just for remembering it.
We all know that x.0 versions are beta. I'll wait for 2.0.1, when it'll stop crashing (I tried 2.0, and it does crash often), the extensions will work, etc.
There seems to be a cycle of integrating and decoupling things. We had separated math co-processors, that later were integrated in the CPU. Then the separated GPU, which will soon be integrated back too.
I have a wireless keyboard/mouse combo from Logitech for at least two years now. The keyboard uses two AA batteries (which can be rechargable) that last for many months of intensive use. The mouse came with a rechargable battery. The receiver doubles as a recharging craddle for the mouse, I put it there when I go to sleep, or I'm leaving home. But even if I forgot to do it now and then, it's no problem, the mouse battery lasts for some days (it's optical, I imagine a analog mouse would consume less).
Have you actually read the parent's question? He asked for a technical feature missing from Gimp, apart from the CYMK stuff, and you repeat the color management stuff, and a naming issue!
We are not talking about *every* install, not even to enforce such prompot. Each author decides if he will use it, just like it choose the licence.
And cmdline installation methods wouldn't prompt, they suppose you know what you're doing. This dialog thing is meant for end users who click on a package icon on his KDE/Gnome file browser, or run an installation binary.
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If the source of the engine is free, but the game data is not, they can still sell the game.
It will have a better chance of becoming popular too, and if this is the case, it will became a better product (people will easily fix stupid things like this camera problem, and possibly improve it), and they will save on code maintenance.
The same goes for hardware, like cellphones, digicams, etc.
Maybe that's why it stopped publishing new strips?
Which is sad, they were fun.
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Just use mutt!
http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/show-them- the-code
Did I said it was impossible? No, just that it would need a substantially new paradigm, not just raw power.
Learn to read first.
First, what makes computer "intelligence" is the software, not raw power. And we will need a substantially new software paradigm to get near our intelligence. I can't imagine how software can get consciousness and awareness. There are parts of the human thought that can't be simulated with a series of conditional numeric operations.
Yes, we have proprietary code running on Linux for years, and this is a good thing.
Even if I like Free Software ideals, I actually was happy to be able to play Quake IV natively on my machine.
Google Earth is nice too.
Software should be free, but it doesn't have to. Is up to you to decide what to run.
If you play Q3A in capture the flag mode, you must try actf38 "Feel the Base", from the Alliance level pack. It's so perfect it makes me want to cry just for remembering it.
the one-eyed man is a cyclope."
I need something to turn it into a complete mess, giving me worries, sleepless nights, and suffocating expenditures.
Why not create a "Spasmodic Dysphonia" topic?
Hmmm... which icon should it have?
We all know that x.0 versions are beta.
I'll wait for 2.0.1, when it'll stop crashing (I tried 2.0, and it does crash often), the extensions will work, etc.
There seems to be a cycle of integrating and decoupling things.
We had separated math co-processors, that later were integrated in the CPU.
Then the separated GPU, which will soon be integrated back too.
ha ha
I have a wireless keyboard/mouse combo from Logitech for at least two years now.
The keyboard uses two AA batteries (which can be rechargable) that last for many months of intensive use.
The mouse came with a rechargable battery. The receiver doubles as a recharging craddle for the mouse, I put it there when I go to sleep, or I'm leaving home. But even if I forgot to do it now and then, it's no problem, the mouse battery lasts for some days (it's optical, I imagine a analog mouse would consume less).
I have this opinion too. I'd just like to add that transparency is important: it's nice to tell the employees that they are being watched.
And I also agree with Skreems. In fact, the employee behaviour should not be defined by such foolish rules, but by common sense and honesty.
they are slack to update them all by hand
Why, oh why, is this modded down?
I've read all the comments so far, and this is the single most insightful one.
Specially the last sentence.
Will they patch the legacy drivers too?
I, for one, have a TNT2 PCI video board to run a second monitor.
(And I'll not mention how closed-source sucks, for the risk of being modded redundant.)
WHAT YOU SAY???
Have you actually read the parent's question? He asked for a technical feature missing from Gimp, apart from the CYMK stuff, and you repeat the color management stuff, and a naming issue!
hey, calm down... :)
We are not talking about *every* install, not even to enforce such prompot. Each author decides if he will use it, just like it choose the licence.
And cmdline installation methods wouldn't prompt, they suppose you know what you're doing.
This dialog thing is meant for end users who click on a package icon on his KDE/Gnome file browser, or run an installation binary.
Better yet, just something like this:
THIS PROGRAM IS FREE FOR YOU TO USE
Read the actual terms [ here ],
specially if you'll distribute or modify it.
[ CONTINUE ]
The [ here ] button opens the GPL text.
(I tried to add a box around the window,
but was not in the mood to fight the lame filter)